Lavishly, she served me her love.
She was breathtaking,
Metaphorcally ever tasty. and...
In every nook and cavity
Was filled with spirituality.
I beset, I embraced.
Yet I anguished,
I lusted for no end
Special angel.
She was my bitter taste.
You see I set society,
She embraced my spirit
And saved my soul.
Now I am whole
A ANGEL WHOLE IS LOVED
-- Spiritually Whole
5/23/26
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2026
I hated your faults
more than I lusted your charms
As life became hell
and a new call to arms
I hated the darkness
your beauty can’t hide
With blame the new weapon
that kills from inside
Each movie we made
a celluloid fire
A booze filled disaster
of poisoned desire
I married you once
I married you twice
Divorced in the ruins
— your drama enticed
(Dreamsleep: April, 2026)
Oh to be loved and not lusted,
To be seen as a soul, not a body to borrow.
To have hands held with gentleness,
Not with hunger that fades tomorrow.
Oh to be known beyond the surface,
Beyond skin, beyond fleeting desire.
To be chosen in quiet moments,
Not only when hearts burn with fire.
Oh to be cherished slowly,
Like a song remembered for years.
Not a moment of passing passion,
But a love that outlives fears.
Oh to be loved and not lusted
To be valued, whole and true.
A heart held with intention,
A love that simply says: I choose you.
What Can An Enthusiast Do?
When The Golden Glossening
Unravels Her Seductive Silk...
When The Mystery And Novelty
No Longer Warmly Embrace...
Expressing Perversion's Poison
Once Warming Rejected Bone:
Loved And Soothed And
Savored And Lusted Longingly
Soft Precious Companion
Hardened And Lost.
Fool's Gold For CraftWork Wishes
Where Stolen Coins
Are Cast Grasping-ly
Enthusiastically!
Proud Pip!
-Gray Squirrel
02-17-2026
I’m speechless to say the least
I’ve been looking forward to the Feast
Regardless, today is my day to be happy and full of joy
More or less…I’m trying to pick up yesterday’s mess I made as a young boy
I have nothing else to say
My words have been left behind
Today, I’m going to pray
Happiness will heal our lost mind
Kingdom, will you come?
Will You come upon us?
Spirit of God, will you be
With us to join the Lord and Christ for eternity?
I have nothing left to say
Either than I will pray
That You will see me through this pain
That You will forgive me for my mind train
And the sins I’ve done…
The sins I’ve committed a ton
The sins I’ve preyed upon
The sins I’ve lusted on on and on and on
The Sabbath of truth and rest
Is here to stay and comfort me
I’m trying my hardest and best
To be content with myself honestly
Kingdom of the Lord…
You are playing a chord
Of unattainable Accord
I hold on to Jesus’ sword…
With a weapon of peace and a shield from this chaotic mess
In pieces at ease, at ease
With a little blessed breeze to blow away the hopelessness
Let us all be in unity — oh please…
Cyclical Reminisce
Pendulum skips one bang to the bead
Triggers the feeling to turn it off lead
Allows memories to run and circulated
Reminiscing promises you once articulated
Deep in mind are the guilt and regret
Keep looking back and wanted to reset
If only not tempted, no hearts will be broken
If only not lusted, no trust will be fallen
Fridays are bluer since the day of part ways
Laughing is not better than shared as always
Messages are sent waiting for responses
Hoping to be seen even it is now nonsense
Memories suddenly comes in cyclical
The unfold pages comes in unintentional
One day the fate will surely cross again
And surely, that will never cause any pain
Friends told me of some dude they trusted
But left out the part he was lusted
This mechanic, you see
Wanted to work on ME!
And I went home with tailpipe busted
Disturbed by the interruptions
He would be disrupted by my
Skill
Thrill of collaboration
When ones partners are
Determined and real
In that self satisfaction
If achieving a goal
What's in it for me
Ain't gonna work cause
We are not in control
Tallow shall disguise the
Earthy taste of the ostrich
and garlic and onions
Shall compliment it's already
beefy taste
the mushrooms and wines shall
Subdue the gameness
and crumbled bacon shall
Enhance it's taste
Cerleies and salts
With sun-dried peppers and
Sun-dried tomato's shall
Crust the external show'd
Display
We shall cheer with wines that
are appropriate and garnish
Shall accompany the display!
An anchovies and lemon sweet
caper sauce was an alternative
To the cowboy gravy show
I adored them both
But wanted the
Wagyu burger
I longed and lusted for it
One of the lady body guards
Bought six burgers
Up to the room after
The ice cream and cake show
I knew her Friend from Canada
He had been a Bouncer at my
Club in lobster town Maine!
Hollywood thumped with disco
I danced to a
Slutty Opera Tune
I love my wife
Aria Concerto
She make love just
Likes she dances
For 46 years - prideful and hateful
Wrath, envy, spreading the net
Building an A-Bomb, a decision fateful
A sword to be held, like eternal threat
Destruction, murder, elimination
Iran, to wipe Israel off the map
A sordid task for the whole nation
Stubborn threats, boasts, contempt
It was their purpose, the goal, the aim
To end every Jew on planet Earth
Fanned hot Middle Eastern flame
To Hamas and Hezbollah, they gave birth
Spread the tentacles, to suffocate
To build an Islamic Republic empire
Never learned from the old caliphates
They are all gone, purged by fire
Lusted for bomb, to be held as a club
Over every fearful head, forever
Wanted to enter the atomic club
By picking the locks and feeling clever
The last mile, they were almost there
To grip the victory with the jaws
Removing all stops, and didn’t care
Moving forward without pause
But no, those dreams never came to pass
Atomic Persia, the purveyor of dread
Where are you now, evil top brass?
Someplace unfound, unburied and dead
June 16, 2025
When Dorothy and Tin Man were dating
She didn’t prepare for the mating
Til’ she heard a bang
And shouted out, “Dang,
Something inside there’s inflating”
Since Dorothy’s one chick he lusted
Poor Tin said he was disgusted
Coz there was no oil can
Nearby them at hand
To free up his zipper now rusted
As Tin was kissing Dorothy’s lips
He sadly knew he had to come to grips
‘Til she yelled, “My man
I’ll open your can
Coz in my purse I brought some tin snips!”
The world may hold other pretty faces
With fiery red hair crowning genius poll
They can come from different countries and races
But they will all pale in the light of your soul
Their splendor is shadowed when in your light
Their essence becomes tarnished and rusted
Because your elegance always shines bright
And It’s for your love that I’ve always lusted
Your grandeur comes from deep within your heart
While their beauty barely scratches your surface
Your love and mine cannot be torn apart
I often wonder what I did to deserve it
You took a broken child riddled with fear
Your Love enveloped me and made me whole
So even now, in these frail fading years
I still Love you more than you'll ever know
The folded corners and wrinkled pages
of catalogs that were tattered and ripped
From the first of October until late in December
we drooled,
we fawned,
we lusted,
we swooned and giggled
mutilating each page
until the pictures faded.
Sears and Roebuck,
Monkey Wards
JC Penny’s,
Macy’s, Mattingly’s, K-mart.
Our wish list grew long
more than one sheet could hold
tears welled up with each toy crossed out.
Until the list was whittle down
Though the likelihood of getting any was nill.
But still
That’s why we called it the book of wishes.
If wants and wishes were hugs and kisses
There would be no need
to thumb through the pictures
and dream.
Perhaps imagination was the best Christmas gift
Everyone wishes that they could be beautiful or attractive
To be lusted for by all, having the choice of anyone they wish
Being stared at from all directions in awe
Such a thing is envied, until one knows the cost
There is a constant fight against those who do not deserve
Those who wish for the privileges you can give out
With so much desire that they will take what belongs to you
Beauty comes with a painful cost that never fades
People will love you for the shell of your appearance
Instead of the embodiment of your spirit that lies within
Discerning those who love you, and those who love your body
A near daily task that has to be attended to
Often eyes become too much to be bared
And one wishes that they could simply become invisible
Hiding away from the wolves who are in constant hunt
Of pretty things to ravage selfishly without care
The price of beauty is danger
The price of beauty is fake people
The price of beauty is violence
The price of beauty is being scarred forever
PRESERVE RELUSH- Choose Wisely your What Guards
Your Heart for We are Products of our Environment
The rain mine tears, earthen grounds lusted flesh
I am that I am a light
I am that I am in His sight
Created soul I so shine ever bright
Terrain grounds fervent rains swollen trees
Non disant I am that I am
Heavenly being shining bright- I am light
Darkness please there be nothing in creation
Stand though I am in the atmosphere environment
Nothing on this Earth or universe
Nothing shall in me be dispersed
For God in you, with you, you're the wise shielding part
That guards my heart
As I am a product of our environment
I Choose Wisely what God's my heart
4th Place Win in Contest
10/17/23
For pick a topic sentence poetry contest
Sponsored by Miranda Hawley
She wore her skirt short,
her lingerie to be seen.
Such sights aplenty!
Gawking, gawping eyes
lusted at shear nudity.
They burned with hunger.
She proudly stood in
ruffled edges of cheap chintz,
dimmed and stained with wear.
Though worn and weathered,
her shoes had seven-inch heels -
a platform for love.
She was hardworking,
a rough road for seven years,
never a complaint.
She saved her rewards,
wed an investment banker,
retired at 30,
and laughed her way to the bank.
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